ancients是什么意思？

ancients

英['eɪnʃənts] 美['eɪnʃənts]

• n. 古代的( ancient的名词复数 )，古老的，年老的，老式的；

例句

• Did the ancients have exchequers or safes? 古人有金库或保险箱 吗 ?
• The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water. 古人认为地球飘浮在水里。
• So , what you're saying is the Ancients actually created the Wraith? 照你这么说,实际上是古人创造了幽灵?
• Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ou Yangxun most Fadu life, refuses to be easily pushed many ancients. 唐代书法家欧阳询平生最重法度, 不肯轻易推许古人.
• This corroborative, young sir, was unknown to the ancients. 年轻的先生, 这种强壮剂古人是不知道的.
• Calvinism was the most convenient religion since the days of the ancients. 加尔文主义是自古以来最方便的宗教.
• The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water... 古人认为地球飘浮在水里。
• The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens. 古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  远古的；古代的
  Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire.
  例句
  They believed ancient Greece and Rome were vital sources of learning. 他们认为古代希腊罗马是知识的重要发源地。
• ADJ-GRADED
  古老的；年代久远的
  Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.
  例句
  ...ancient Jewish tradition. 古老的犹太传统 ...ancient fishing rights. 由来已久的捕鱼权
• N-PLURAL
  古代人；（尤指）古希腊人，古罗马人
  The ancients are the people of an old civilization, especially classical Greece or Rome.
  例句
  The ancients knew more than we do about the heavens. 古代人对于上天比我们知道得多。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)